Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Category: Home Fires

  • Hello Old Friend

    A month or so ago, I heard from an old friend. Lisa was my BFF in elementary school and then on through high school. Then she started college, while I got married and had kids. We didn’t see each other every day anymore, but when we did get together, we easily picked up our old rhythm.…

  • Baby Love

    My firstborn son, Michael, got married last weekend to a wonderful young woman. He’s thirty, but I still get stuck in his baby days, back when we were constant companions. We did everything together, had a mutual admiration society. Through the years, I’ve often wished for that enormous, easy bond of love again.  As a mom to growing boys, I…

  • Of Weddings & Writings

    Home from vacation & the highlight of it all, Mike’s wedding, which was so wonderful I don’t yet have words for it. Can you see the joy on my face as I’m standing there between my sons? That about sums it up. But like the writer I am, I brought a journal and tried to capture all…

  • A Very Special Vacation

    This is it. My firstborn child is now a grown man and getting married. In Los Angeles. And I’m going to be there with my family. But first I have to pack. Will return soon!

  • Busy Intersection

    At the corner of career and life, where it’s been nothing but serene the past few weeks, traffic has picked up. Mike is getting married to Jessica next weekend–July 25 to be exact. In Malibu. You know I will be there. For a week. Without a laptop. I’m leaving the computer home on purpose, as I…